Collaboration Among SKT, Hanwha Systems, and Tmap Mobility
Korea Airports Corporation is promoting an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) project in the Saemangeum area of Jeonbuk.
On the 15th, Korea Airports Corporation announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province and the Saemangeum Development Authority regarding this matter. The K-UAM Dream Team (Korea Airports Corporation, Hanwha Systems, SK Telecom, T Map Mobility) plans to build a future aviation mobility ecosystem in the region and activate UAM.
Specifically, the corporation will provide UAM vertiports and traffic management services. SK Telecom will be responsible for aircraft introduction, flight services, and comprehensive UAM service operations including AI-based mobility demand analysis. Hanwha Systems will handle UAM aircraft development, operation, manufacturing, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), and traffic management solution development. T Map Mobility will develop and operate an integrated transportation service Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform.
The joint agreement institution, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, will derive ways to link with local industries through the 'UAM Demonstration and Service Infrastructure Establishment and Related Industry Promotion Study' to be launched this month. The Saemangeum Development Authority will incorporate the UAM operational concept into the basic urban design plan and strengthen administrative support such as securing national funding and permits.
A corporation official stated, "We will strive for the successful commercialization of Jeonbuk-type UAM by combining 44 years of aviation industry know-how and technology with the future technologies and capital possessed by SK Telecom, Hanwha Systems, and T Map Mobility, as well as the administrative support of Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province and the Saemangeum Development Authority."
At the 'Jeonbuk-type UAM Project Business Agreement Signing Ceremony' held at the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Office on the 15th, officials are taking a commemorative photo after signing the agreement. From the left: Yoon Soon-hee, Deputy Director of Saemangeum Development Agency; Kim Jeong-ho, Business Representative of Hanwha Systems; Yoon Hyung-jung, President of Korea Airports Corporation; Ha Min-yong, Chief Development Officer (CDO) of SK Telecom; Park Seo-ha, Vice President of T App Mobility; Kim Kwan-young, Governor of Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province. (Photo by Korea Airports Corporation)
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